County staff suggests allowing them to destroy trees as long as they plant one new tree for each one they kill. This is not law. It does not satisfy the law, and it would set a terrible precedent.
Some people had no idea that they were talking to a developer about a development.
Connect the dots. Anybody can look at these two events and see that they are related.
We all have jobs and families, so this made it easy for us to participate.
When citizens are trying to participate in the process, it's tough going up against a company that is ruthlessly pulling out all the stops.